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Dolphins - Atlantic humpback dolphins
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Dolphins - Beaked whales
Dolphins - Bottlenose Dolphin
Dolphins - Commersons Dolphin
Dolphins - Common dolphins
Dolphins - Dusky Dolphin
Dolphins - False killer whales
Dolphins - Franciscana Dolphin
Dolphins - Frasers Dolphin
Dolphins - Hectors Dolphin
Dolphins - Irrawaddy Dolphin
Dolphins - Killer whales (Orcas)
Dolphins - Long-Beaked Common Dolphin
Dolphins - Long-finned pilot whales
Dolphins - Melon-headed whales
Dolphins - Pacific White-Sided Dolphin
Dolphins - Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
Dolphins - Pygmy killer whales
Dolphins - Rissos Dolphin
Dolphins - River dolphins
Dolphins - Rough-Toothed Dolphin
Dolphins - Short-Beaked Common Dolphin
Dolphins - Short-finned pilot whales
Dolphins - Spinner dolphins (Long-snouted)
Dolphins - Spinner dolphins (Short-snouted)
Dolphins - Spotted dolphins (Pantropical)
Dolphins - Striped Dolphin
Dolphins - White-Beaked Dolphin
Eels - Moray eels
Rays All
Rays - Bat rays
Rays - Cow nose rays
Rays - Devil rays (Mobula)
Rays - Eagle rays
Rays - Electric rays
Rays - Guitarfish
Rays - Manta rays
Rays - Saw fish
Rays - Stingrays
Sardines - Sardine Trek
Seals and sea lions All
Seals and sea lions - Sea lions and fur seals
Seals and sea lions - True seals (earless)
Sharks All
Sharks - Angel sharks
Sharks - Basking sharks
Sharks - Bignose sharks
Sharks - Blacktip reef sharks
Sharks - Blind sharks
Sharks - Blue sharks
Sharks - Bonnethead
Sharks - Bullhead sharks
Sharks - Carribbean reef sharks
Sharks - Cat sharks
Sharks - Collard carpet sharks
Sharks - Copper sharks
Sharks - Galapagos sharks
Sharks - Great Hammerhead
Sharks - Great White sharks
Sharks - Grey reef sharks
Sharks - HoundSharks (Spiny dogfish)
Sharks - Lemon sharks
Sharks - Mako sharks
Sharks - Nurse sharks
Sharks - Oceanic Whitetip sharks
Sharks - Sand tiger sharks (Ragged Tooth)
Sharks - Scallopped Hammerhead
Sharks - Silky sharks
Sharks - Silvertip reef sharks
Sharks - Sixgill Sharks
Sharks - Spinner sharks
Sharks - Tiger sharks
Sharks - Thresher sharks
Sharks - Whale sharks
Sharks - Whitetip reef sharks
Sharks - Wobbegong
Sharks - Zebra sharks (Leopard)
Sirenians - Dugongs
Sirenians - Manatees
Turtles All
Turtles - Green turtles
Turtles - Hawksbill turtles
Turtles - Kemps Ridley turtles
Turtles - Leatherback turtles
Turtles - Loggerhead turtles
Whales All
Whales (Baleen) - Blue whales
Whales (Baleen) - Brydes whales
Whales (Baleen) - Fin whales
Whales (Baleen) - Grey whales
Whales (Baleen) - Humpback whales
Whales (Baleen) - Minke whales
Whales (Baleen) - Pygmy right whales
Whales (Baleen) - Sei whales
Whales (Baleen) - Southern right whales
Whales (Toothed) - Porpoises
Whales (Toothed) - Sperm whales
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Europe - Spain
Europe - Svalbarn and Jan Mayen Islands
Europe - Sweden
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Indo Pacific & Asia - Bahrain
Indo Pacific & Asia - Bangladesh
Indo Pacific & Asia - Brunei
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Indo Pacific & Asia - Taiwan
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Indo Pacific & Asia - United Arab Emirates
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Pacific - Micronesia
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Red Sea - Djibouti
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Red Sea - Eritrea
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Description:
Traditional Micronesian island in the western Pacific.
Details:
Nearest commercial airport: Yap International Airport
Average watertemp: Min 25 - Max 30
o
Celcius.
Average visibility: 40 Horizontal metres
Bottom composition: Corals
Dive conditions: Ocean/Sea, Salt water
Seasonality: Year-round
Marinelife in the area:
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Eagle rays
Grey reef sharks
Hawksbill turtles
mandarin fish are in Yap all year round
Manta rays
Manta Rays are all Year round in Yap
Moray eels
Probability of encounter:
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0 > 60%,
60 > 90%,
90 > 100%
Nearest commercial airport: Yap International Airport
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0 > 60%, 
60 > 90%, 
90 > 100%